INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer in men is a rare disease, representing less than 1% of all malignant breast cancer and 0.17% of all malignant tumors in men. The incidence of breast cancer in men is on the rise. It occurs most often between 60 and 70 years of age, a decade later than in women. An etiology of breast cancer in men is poorly clarified because the disease is very rare.
GOALS: The objectives of this study were: to analyze the trends of morbidity and mortality from breast cancer in Belgrade men population during the period 1999-2009. year; to determine demographic and clinical characteristics of these patients; and to determine the overall rate of three-and five-year survival, as well as to identify predictors of survival.
MATERIAL & METHOD: Data on patients with breast cancer in Central Serbia are taken over from the Federal Statistical Office for the period 1999-2009. year. Population data were obtained from the census data for the 2002nd year and the population estimates of the

Republic Institute for Statistics for other years. Standardized rates were calculated by the direct method of standardization, and the world population was used as the standard population. The method of linear trend was used to estimate the trends of morbidity and mortality.
The data were collected from 84 men diagnosed with breast cancer in whom the diagnosis was histologically confirmed for the first time at the Institute for Oncology and Medical Center ”Bežanijska kosa” for the period of 1996-2006. year. Data were collected through a questionnaire. The statistical method of long rank test and Kaplan Maier survival curves were used in order to analyze survival of patients with breast cancer. A univariate and multivariate Cox regression models were used for identification predictors of survival.
RESULTS: The patients with breast cancer account for 24.2% of women and 0.5% for men in the structure of all malignant tumors and the death rates were 18.9% and 0.3% respectively, for the region of Central Serbia and period 1999-2009. year. During the same period, the average is 2,800 afflicted women and 61 men, and 1,068 women and 23 men passed away. Women are about 46 times more often afflicted and dying from breast cancer compared to men. The average standardized incidence rate
for the period 1999-2009. year, in Central Serbia was 61.0/100,000 women and 1.4/100,000 men, while the average mortality rate was 20.4/100,000, and 0.4/100,000...